that will give us more clues about the state of china's economy. hong kong shares also ended higher today. the $3.6 billion ipo of china's insurer seems to be gaining momentum. sources say the company have secured, several corner stone investors, including aig. elsewhere, south korean shares were under pressure on concerns over europe. steel makers andpbui led the losses. in australia, weakness in resources took the shine out of the asx 200. steel on the move, now trading higher by about .7 of a percent. the commodities trader recovered some of yesterday's losses on muddy waters allegations, ending higher by about 5%. more on that coming up in the show. ross, back to you. >> oh, sixuan, thanks for that. catch you a little bit later. here we are in europe. pretty even stevens. also terms of advances, almost matching each other equally. slim games yesterday. the ftse up .2 a percent. you can see the ftse 100 is -- there we go, absolutely flat. dax up four points. the ibex is down. it is the trade day before thanksgiving. volumes will probably drop of